What’s with Japan and their insistence on confusing fans around the globe by not releasing the first game in a series, then releasing the second game without the “2?” Just as with the Final Fantasy and King’s Field series (and others), Culdcept shares this problem. While the first game came out in Japan on the Sega Saturn and PlayStation (and was later ported to the DS as Culdcept DS), the first title in the series to reach the US was Culdcept II which they decided to call simply Culdcept. Confused yet?
While Culdcept II received an official soundtrack release back in 2001, 5pb Records put out this Culdcept II Original Soundtrack Deluxe album, breaking up previously lumped together tracks into their individual parts as well as tossing in unreleased tracks and remixes from both Culdcept II and Culdcept Saga, an Xbox 360 title that was released in the US in 2008. I know it’s kind of complicated, but there’s some good music here from Kenji Ito, so let’s jump in!
Hit the jump for our review of the Culdcept II Original Soundtrack Deluxe album. (more…)
